Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-07

attoIhsy murphy ana City Marshal
~ohaniey, IN Mr.. Marpny's la offee, s.su
the foilowlng abatement, afterl was read
to hlm:
On the night of August 3, 1886. about
t:5U. 1 went over to Ell. E~essegieu's
saloon. 1 then went bach down Fourth
street and about $3.50 I went back to
~aessegieuSs. 1 renamed there about
half an hour. i left there and started
TO my room-East Seventh street-at
Peter Johnson's house. AS / passed
opposite Columbia house J. saw a mar
standing underneath the porch behind q
post OF Columbia house. ( went straight
to the grocery store. I did not 20 in the
doorway. / stood about five msnutes
when 1 saw a buggy pass. There was one
man In the buggy. / staid in the doorway
ABOUT ten minutes after the buggy pas
sed. About five minutes after the buggy
passed down Fourth street. Five or six
men passed by me. l recognized one OF
the men as being q man l saw ut the
brewery three years ago. 1 drank beer
with hum there and know him we'll by
sight. He is q large heavy man with O
Light mustsche. / would know hin il
l saw him.
Witness, continuing: I didn't. read
that paper. Nobody read 1t to me. He
read something about being at Resi-.
gien's before / signed my name.
Here G'Connell showed the witness
another paper and asked Il it was the
signature of the witness.
Witness, continuing: That is my sigma
tnre. I don't know y justice of the
peace named Foley, | didn't 60 to
Foley's house On the fourth day of De-
oemeer. or at any time. 1 went to some
mans house.
Justice Foley was asked to come for
ward within sight of the witness.
Wltnes, looking at Eales continued !
guess that was the man.. Yes he was
there. l signed a paper there that night.
Foley did not read the paper before l
signed it. Snanley did not read the pa.
per before l signed it. l didn't aee Foley
sign his name after | had signed mine.
l did not swear TO 1t.
Q-What did Foley say to you there /?
A-Foley did not say q id word to
me.
The court promptly admonished the
witness that he must not use p~rofane
lseverely dealt With.
"All right; judges" said the Witness,
nonehalantly.
Witness continuing: l don't know
were / was when tnat paper was written.
The paper was written when / Was at
police headquarters l think. Stanley
Was there. 1 didn't tell Stanley in this
city that Kellogg wrote up o paper at
Norfolk and got me to sign it. / did
not tell Stanley that only part of
Kellogg's paper was read to me before /
signed it. I did not tell Shanley that
Kellogg wanted nae to swear that John
Arensdorf was not one of the crowd that
passed me on the plight OF the murder.
| didn't tell Stanley that Kellogg offered
me money If / would swear that Arens-
dorf was not one Of the men who passed
me.
O'Connell, reading from the paper,
asked the witness if at Fcley's house he
signed and swore to the following state
fnent, the same having first been read to
him:
George + Kellogg came TO me We'd
nesday evening, November 8 1886, at
Norfolk. Nebraska. / met him at the
law Office of Harry @. Bronze. Bronze
wrote a statement which George w.
Kellogg wanted ms to sign. Bronze read
part of it to me. He did not read it all.
l did not understand the contents of the
paper. Kellogg wanted me to swear
that John Arensdorf was not one of the
men who passed nue. a few moments be
fore the shot was fred. he said that if
/ would swear TO 1t he would give me a
good pile of money. [ signed the paper,
but would not swear to it. Kellogg
sald he was trying to find ont who kill
ed the preacher. He said there was S.
900 reward offered for the murderer, and
he would give me half the reward
if I would keep still and not say n
thing about the statement to any of the
officers at Sioux City, Iowa,
JAMES @. JUHL
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
by the said James G. Juhl, this 4th day
Iuatice OF the Peace, in and for Wood
bury county, Iowa.
Witness continuing: 1 never signed
such a paper. l lever made such a
statement to anybody. ] did not. make
such 9 statement in substance to Jus.
tice Foley or to anybody else. l know
James Melon. l have seen Jack Ryan.
saw Ryan and went with him and Mel,
on and aDother man to the corner of
Water and Fourth after ! WAS brought
from Norfolk. Ibid not that day point
ont to those men as the place where /
saw Paddock fail q spot north of the
southeast corner of Water and Fourth.
Stanley told me that ] was q liar. 1
did not tell them that day that at the
time the shot was fred / was standing
in the doorway of q seed store near the
alley on Fourth street between Pearl and
Water streets. ] know a lawyer by the
name of A. b. Toliefson. / saw him
about the 4th or 9th of last November.
/ did not talk with him about the kill
ing Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in particular.
did not tell him anything
about the circumstances of the
killing. / did not talk with HIM
about an hour. l know whore the
building is on the northeast corner of
Fourth and Water streets--the tin shop.
1 did not tell him that at the time the
shot was tired l was standing on the
corner by the tin shop. l didn't tell
Tollefson that I couldn't tell anything
about the killing. / did not tell him
that / did not know any of the men who
were at the killing. / was really stand
ing at that time in the doorway of the
Lone Star restaurant. The first time
told that was there the next day. ]
know Mr.. Thompson, of Lake City. 1
did not tell him q different story from
what I am telling here to-day. When
this case is over l am going to Fremont
Neb. i am not going to live with Kel-
logg after this case is over.
REORGANIZATION by the defense: The
reason why I have gone by the mann OF
Juhl was my fathers name was JUL.